The Egyptian Patriotic Movement, or Egyptian National Movement ( ar, الحركة الوطنية المصرية) is a political party initiated by former

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Ahmed Shafik Ahmed Mohamed Shafik ZakiAlso spelled: ''Shafiq''. ( ar, أحمد محمد شفيق زكى, ; born 25 November 1941) is an Egyptian politician and former presidential candidate. He was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later ser ...

and

Mohamed Abu Hamed Mohamed Abu Hamed Shaheen ( ar, محمد ابو حامد شاهين, ) (born March 14, 1973) is an Egyptian politician. He is the former vice chairman of the Free Egyptians Party, and was an elected member of the post-revolutionary People's Assem ...

, former vice chairman of the

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and founder of the

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Overview

Abdel Rehim Aly, the secretary general of the party, has stated that the group would unite with any party that isn't aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood. Shafiq stated on 8 April 2013 that he was open to an alliance with the National Salvation Front (NSF);

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, a co-founder of the NSF, has stated that Shafiq was "not welcome" in the coalition. The supreme committee of the Egyptian Patriotic Movement accused the NSF of "enormous political naiveté" and pointed out that many current members of the NSF were also part of the Mubarak regime. The political program is set out on their website. The Egyptian Patriotic Movement has recently gone into opposition to current president

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. On 13 December 2017, three of its members were arrested for allegedly harming national security by spreading false information.

Platform

The party platform calls for: * Political and economic reform. * Preserving the civilian nature of the society and state. * The right to establish groups and unions. * Achieving social justice. * Advocating democracy within state affairs.

References

External links

Egyptian Patriotic Movement website
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